THE AVI USA BLOG
The AVI USA Blog brings you updates from Auroville, our partners and projects, and our own AVI USA developments. Check back in frequently for new articles.
Auroville Today’s New Website & Free Article
Auroville Today Headline Article, April 2023
UTSAV -A Mixed Use Experimental Building Complex | Interview with Mona, lead architect.
President’s Letter
Every day I’m working on practical matters elated to AVI USA’s mission. I work on financial reports and bookkeeping, on revisions to the website, and on reviewing applications and reports
Haridas Choudhuri and Integral Yoga
With Debashish Banerjee. A course at the California Institute for Integral Studies
AVI USA’s Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Training
The Volunteer Retention and Recruitment Workshop opened the discussion about developing an initiative by attracting enthusiastic, and potentially longterm volunteers. Finding and keeping volunteers within a growing project brings new
AVI USA and IDRF
Several months ago, AVI USA Director of Development, Binah Thillairajah, reached out to a sister nonprofit, IDRF, the India Development and Relief Fund, to jumpstart an AVI USA- IDRF collaboration
ATB at Madhuban Ashram
This March, Amir, a certified Awareness Through the Body trainer, led workshops at the Delhi and Madhuban Sri Aurobindo Ashrams. AVI USA board member Julian Lines was there to bring
Doug Grimes
Around a year ago Doug Grimes called me to discuss creating a bequest to support AVI USA’s work. He had been studying and teaching yoga since the 1970s. He had
AVI USA Donor Development Training
On Monday, February 10th, AVI USA held a Donor Development Training in Auroville. The training was designed for AVI USA’s partners & projects leaders in Auroville, to discuss, create and collaborate
Sterilize 100 Dogs in 100 Days!
The Auroville Dog Shelter, a haven for nearly 300 dogs, urgently needs your help. Last year, a severe canine distemper outbreak claimed the lives of many street dogs in the re...
This is an invitation to consider AVI USA in your legacy planning. Please join us in building a legacy that will live long into the future for the trusted Auroville projects w...
BloomO! The Soulful Flower Game
BloomO! A soulful flower card game is a card game that helps sharpen memory, observation, and reflexes with the art of attention. It helps grow visu...
The aim of the Auroville Film Festival is to connect with people and cultures within and beyond Auroville and to further the aspiration of human unity by showcasing films that...
Satchitananda Restaurant , a raw food restaurant, and a meeting with owner Anandi Vaithialingam contin...
AUM TAT SAT is a three act exploration of mantra Aum Tat Sat (All That Is Truth) through the lens of Indian ballet. It is based on Sri Aurobindo’s visionary experience and i...
School Ashram Trip & Youth Camp
Every year, students from a few of Auroville’s Outreach Schools, Aikiyam, Isai Ambalam and Udavi, go on a school trip to Nainital base, Van Nivas, as the Himalayan Center of...
AVI USA has teamed up with the Auroville Botanical Gardens, to create a schola...
Suryamayi Clarence-Smith is launching her book, Prefiguring Utopia, with a series of talks this fall. Her first presentation at the California Institute for Integral Studies w...